overbow
/OW1 V ER0 B OW0/verb
- 1
(transitive) To bow or bend (something) over beyond its natural trajectory; to bend in a contrary direction.
- 2
(intransitive) To bend too far.
- 3
(archery, transitive) To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
- 4
(archery, intransitive) To use a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
- 5
(transitive) To overburden.
- 6
To use too much pressure when playing a stringed instrument using a bow.
- 7
(chiefly poetic, transitive) To arch over.
- 8
(transitive) To show excessive deference toward by too much bowing.
noun
- 1
A structural piece that arches over another piece.
adjective
- 1
Extending beyond the bow (front of a ship)
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